Banana Song
DECEMBER 2002 - So as another year dies on us, where are we? That is a question we are used to, asking it almost every day throughout the...
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Back to the Pavilion
DECEMBER 2002 - The English Roundabout more or less sums up the attitude ands way of life that governs this little island we all know as...
No tourists please
DECEMBER 2002 - The twelfth month of the current year will soon be over leaving us wondering what we actually did for the year 2002 that...
Confusion Galore
NOVEMBER 2002 - While the non-musical chairs show continues ad nauseum in Islamabad, where obviously two people cannot agree on any one...
The New Vision
NOVEMBER 2002 - Since these are times when new masters of our topsy turvy destiny are taking charge, it might be useful for them to...
Mountain Light
NOVEMBER 2002 - In a sense, the tragic deaths of wildlife photographers Galen Rowell and his wife Barbara while returning home from a...
That Darn Rat-PAC
NOVEMBER 2002 - I must confess that it is people like Mr.Waseem Sajjad who light up my days and sustain my belief that in the end we...
Fiasco in Oslo
NOVEMBER 2002 - The subject of Pakistan’s deteriorating image abroad has been a cause for much anguish for many Pakistanis who genuinely...
Silly Season
OCTOBER 2002 - Speculation, that life-sustaining fluid which galvanizes Pakistanis into frenzy across every drawing room and dinner...
Pass me the henna
OCTOBER 2002 - There is no end to bad luck is there? Just as one was beginning to get used to a life without Lt.Gen. Tauqir Zia and his...
Continuing Cruelty
OCTOBER 2002 - So we have been to another controlled election and more controlled results should have flown out by now so that the...
Monuments to What?
OCTOBER 2002 - Islamabad is not only the capital of Pakistan – although this is often in dispute, the city being reputed to be out of...
Damp Squib
SEPTEMBER 2002 - So is Benazir going to land and get thrown into the slammer? That’s just about the hottest thing that’s going on in the...
Flying About
SEPTEMBER 2002 - The national airline is a sitting duck most of the year round considering that invariably it is open season on...
And Quiet Flows The Indus
SEPTEMBER 2002 - From the wide window of Room 105 at Hotel Midway in D.I.Khan – the back of beyond for most of us, the river Indus...
What Hockey?
SEPTEMBER 2002 - What is one to do with the Pakistan hockey team? Of course quite a few will simply turn around and ask, what hockey...
Make a Difference
AUGUST 2002 - Is it foolish to hope that there will be peace one day between India and Pakistan? Throughout the year, this one and the...
Tunnel without light
AUGUST 2002 - Understandably, most of us are not shouting deliriously ‘happy independence day’ slogans from the rooftops of our country...
Leaving Sinking Ships
AUGUST 2002 - The British Council letterhead, the one with 49 black and white circles forming the cross, has two lines below it that...
Norway’s Mela 2002 – Maybe!
AUGUST 2002 - My heart goes out to Khalid Saleemi who has been at work in faraway Oslo putting together an ambitious project, Mela 2002....
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